Grass oollectjng attachment for lawn mowers



( No'Mod el.) I ;J. H. WYMS.

GRASS COLLECTING ATTAGHMENTPOR LAWN MOWER-S. No. 293,208. Patented'Peb. 5, 188 1.

M/n55es: E /25 2 UNrTnn STATES JOHN H. writs, or

PATENT OFFICE.

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOli-OF ONEIIALF TO MAIER A. CAHN, OF SAME PLACE.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,208, dated February 5, 1884;

' Application filed March'30, 1883. (No model.) 7

To all whom it 777/031,! concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. Wants, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Oakland, Alameda county, and State of Califor- 5 nia, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grass-Collecting Attachments to Lawn-Mowers; and Ihereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, referio encebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to grass-collecting receptacles that are provided as part of or as attachments to lawn mowers, to receive the cuttings; and my improvement in such class T5 of attachments or receptacles, as hereinafter fully described, consists in covering over and inclosing the cutting apparatus, so that the knives or cutters are closed in above, behind, and in front, and all the clippings thrown o off by the cutters are caught and collected. For such purpose I provide a rectangular box-shape structure to fit over the frame of the apparatus, above the knives or cutters, in such manner that a receptacle is afforded,

2 5 both in front of and behind the cutters,

to catch and hold the cuttings produced and thrown oif from the cutters. These recepta-., cles are removable compartments adapted to be withdrawn from the attachment to remove the cuttings without disturbing the position of the attachment itself. The sides, ends, and top of the attachment are closed to shut off the wind and keep in the cuttings.

The following description fully explains the 3 nature of my said improvement and the manner in which I proceed to construct, apply, and use it, the said drawingsbeing referred to by figures and letters as follows:

' Figure 1 represents in perspective a hand 0 lawnmower with my improved attachment applied to it. Fig. 2 is aview of the attachment removed from the mower. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section.

A represents a rectangular box-like frame,

5 provided with hinge doors or lids B B in the top, and'closed at the sides, but open on the bottom." The open ends are fitted with drawers or removable compartments D D, of which the larger or principal one, D, is placed at the rear and behind the cutters, and the smaller,

D, at the front. These compartments have closed bottoms, sides, and fronts, but are open at the tops and' backs. They are arranged to slide in and out, so that they can be readily withdrawn to empty their contents. Suitable 5 5 fastenings such as hooks or bolts-are applied on the outsides, to keep them in place within-the frame. A space, E, is left between the inner ends of these two drawers of sufficient size to let in the cutters of the machine and allow them to project into the box A. Across the inner end of each drawer is a turnedup ledge, (Z, to hold in the cuttings that are thrown off the cutters and into these two receptacles by their centrifugal force. greater part of the cuttings are thrown off at the back of the knives, and therefore the rear receptacle, D, is made considerably larger than the front one. By combining the two with the cutters in this manner a complete retention of the cuttings is insured. -As the proportion of cuttings thrown off at the front of the knives is very small, however, this front compartment may be stationary, instead of being removable like the principal receptacle. 7 5

The cutaway portions 0 on the sides fit over the axle just inside the wheels of the machine, and the rear end of the frame or box is attached to the mower-handle H by a hook and eye, C.

The lids or covers B are simply light frames hinged to the sides o'fthe box and covered with wire-cloth I), through which the interior of the box is at all times open to theinspection of the operator, while the cuttings are confined.

This attachment is readily applied to any v style, of mower with slight alterations in the It does size of the aperture for the cutters. not add materially to the weight of the implement, is readily made at small expense, and it 0 affords a complete device or attachment for' gathering the cuttings and keeping them from being thrown upon the surface of the cut grass. Having thus fully described my invention, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters 9 5 Patent, is a l 1. The herein-described detachable grasscollecting attachment for lawn-mowers, consisting of the frame A, adapted to fit over and inclose the cutting apparatus of the mower, the removable drawers or compartments D D, the lid or cover B, and means forv attaching the rear end of the frame to the mower-handle, ,0. A detachable grass collecting box for constructed for application and use substanlawn-mowers, having the drawers D Din front tially as set forth. and rear ofthen1ower,coveredsides, andhinged 2. The combination of the box A, having top, provided with the wire-cloth portions 1), 15

5 covered top 13, and the space E in the bottom substantially as set forth.

to meeive the cutters of a lawn-mower, the

front receptacle, D and the rear receptacle, JOHN H. \VYMS. [L s] 1), adapted to be Withdrawn from the box to diseharge its contents and clean out the re- \Vitnesses: V

I0 ceptacles,substantially as and for the purpose EDWARD E. OSBORET,

set forth. F. M. DOWNEY. 

